Clinical Study
Focus Harmonic Scalpel Compared to Conventional Haemostasis in Open Total Thyroidectomy: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and preoperative diagnosis in HS (Harmonic Scalpel) and CH (Conventional Hemostasis) groups.
| | HS group
() | CH group
() |
| | Age (years) (range) | 48.7
(21–73) | 51.4
(23–72) | | Sex (M/F) | 22/28 | 19/31 | Thyroid volume
(mean ± SD) (range), mL | 41.3 ± 12.9 (11–62) | 37.8 ± 16.1 (9–61) |
| | Preoperative diagnosis | | | | Simple multinodular goiter | 29 | 31 | | Toxic multinodular goiter | 11 | 10 | | Graves disease | 4 | 5 | | Differentiated carcinoma | 6 | 4 |
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